York Historic Environment Record

The building has a memorial stone from 1900 dating from when it was constructed as the South Bank Mission Chapel to help with the rapid expansion of the Bishopthorpe Road area. This was an outreach centre from the larger church of St. Clements, Scarcroft Road until the construction of St Chad’s on Campleshon Road. It was a multi-purpose building functioning as a place of worship, as a temporary school in 1906, as a Sunday School in 1931, as well as for Mothers’ Union meetings. Since the 1960s it has been used as a warehouse housing glaziers. It is a typical building from the era, similar in style and materials to St. Clements, though plainer with simpler detailing. The building has local historical significance as an indicator of the early 20th-century development of South Bank. More importantly, it adds variety and depth to the context of terraced housing. It is a significant building of local visual, historical and architectural interest.

York Civic Trust